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Zafehouse: Diaries

Screwfly Studios · 2013-09-06

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 05, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

Zafehouse: Diaries is a 2013 Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (68% of 442 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 442 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Zafehouse: Diaries is a turn-based strategy video game in which the player must guide the survivors of a zombie apocalypse to safety. It was released in September 2012 by the Australian independent developer Screwfly Studios, a start-up company formed by two former magazine editors.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 442 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.01 at Steam (2014-11-28) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 65 of 82 observed days · $0.98 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520132026Week of 2013-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.392015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-07-10 — best price $4.992015-12-12 — best price $1.992016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-11-03 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $1.692017-11-22 — best price $0.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992019-05-20 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-05-11 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $1.992021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992022-01-24 — best price $0.992022-06-06 — best price $0.992022-10-27 — best price $0.992023-01-23 — best price $0.992023-07-04 — best price $1.992023-11-02 — best price $1.992024-02-06 — best price $1.992024-04-17 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-10-28 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-04-03 — best price $1.992025-06-18 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-11-06 — best price $0.992026-03-11 — best price $0.992026-06-17 — best price $0.992026-08-30 — best price $0.992026-09-09 — best price $0.992026-09-19 — best price $0.992026-09-29 — best price $0.992026-10-09 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 0 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1 pageviews2026-06-20 — 0 pageviews2026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-02 — 0 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-26 — 0 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1 pageviews2026-08-07 — 2 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 0 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 1 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 1 pageviews2026-10-02 — 1 pageviews2026-10-06 — 1 pageviews2026-10-10 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
12.4%
earned "A Week In Hell"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsStatsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4377%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieSandboxZombiesStrategySurvivalDifficultRogue-likeSimulationText-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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